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Volume 66, No. 40
Thursday, October 2, 2014
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Hempcrete wall built at Know and Grow BY BRIAN LAWRENCE Advance Editor If Roman architecture is any indication, a new wall at the Know and Grow Community Farm could still be around centuries from now. On Sept. 20, a one-day workshop in the use of hempcrete — a concrete made of industrial hemp chips and fibre, lime and cement — resulted in a low wall being built in the corner of the College of the Rockies farm to create a learning area, as well as keep visitors from trampling delicate plants in the farm’s “food forest”. “I want to do more natural building projects in the food forest, but I wanted to try out hempcrete and see its application in this area,” said co-ordinator Melissa Flint when the wall — which will eventually be coloured with natural pigments — was unveiled Sept. 24. “To have the opportunity to offer the workshop and showcase it is great.” The workshop was presented by Jayeson Hendyrsan — a Vancouver Island resident who spent time in Creston in 1986 with the Canada World Youth exchange program — who recently hosted an eight-day intensive workshop on building with hempcrete in Nelson. See HEMPCRETE, page 10
BY LORNE ECKERSLEY Advance Staff
Brian Lawrence
A hempcrete wall was created during a workshop presented by Jayeson Hendyrsan (left) at the College of the Rockies on Sept. 20.
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DISCOVERY REAL ESTATE
If the Edmonton Eskimos go on to win the Grey Cup this year, Gary and Susan Snow will be justified in claiming some of the credit. The Erickson couple left early on Tuesday morning to deliver 1,000 four-ounce bottles of Tabletree black cherry juice to Commonwealth Stadium, where it will be available to members of the Eskimos. Winners of the 2012 World Juice award for best pure juice, the Snows have become used to accolades for their products, but a telephone call in July had them doubting its veracity. “This fellow with a southern accent called about our cherry juice but I was suspicious so I got his number and called him back, thinking it was a prank,” Susan said on Monday while she was busy labelling bottles destined for Edmonton. The caller identified himself as Chris Jones and a little research showed he was the new head coach of the Eskimos after spending more than a decade coaching with the Calgary Stampeders, Montreal Alouettes and Toronto Argonauts. His accent was easily explained — he was a graduate of Tennessee Technological University. “He said he knew that cherry juice had good health properties and was looking for a Canadian source on the Internet,” Gary said. See TABLETREE, page 5
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